Jump to content

Featured Replies

 

Goody said we might experience some ‘teething’ problems early in the season. 
Reckon we might be looking for our dentures.

 

This will be pleasant 😂

Didn’t make the game as I’m sick. If I was healthy the game would have made me sick.

 

Good effort from Chandler and clarry.

 

not many positives to get out of this game, GC now a huge game. Get on down and support the lads 

I just don't see Goodwin taking us forward, we've slowly but steadily regressed year on year since the premiership.  I don't see him adapting, and I think he's too close to the players to make the hard choices that need to be made.  And there are definitely hard choices ahead based on this game. 

I'm officially moving to the Goodwin has to go camp as of this, admittedly helped along by how much I absolutely hate Norf.

 

Quick thoughts:
- Nobody played well (No Chandler PR please)
- Count the broken tackles and fine them a $1000 for each one. 
- Count every turnover that led to a scoring shot and fine them a $1000 for each one ($2000 if Comben was the one who intercepted it)
- Count every attempted fend off or shrug off that didn't break the tackle and fine them a $1000 for each one.
- Gawn can't 1 man ruck anymore
- 4 seasons with no key forward trades
- I'm so glad we traded our first round pick for no reason
- Why Langford is omitted for Spargo/Woewodin I'll never know

All money accumulated from fines can go to Jim Stynes foundation. Season's over and it's round 2 but what did anyone expect. Our premiership hopes relied on a forward line of Daniel Turner and Jacob Van Rooyen.


This time last week I was proud.  This week I’m embarrassed to the core!

Edited by Deeoldfart
Typo

1 minute ago, greenwaves said:

I don't read replies or reactions 

Neither does our midfield 

Nothing has changed from last season 

only Rd 2 so we can regroup but I’m not confident we can turn this around. We’re just too old slow and poorly skilled 

shout out to chin who was excellent and the only positive from the day 

 

I wouldn't be too worried. We looked flat today and put it down to block periodisation and loading for our run into September.

You'll never have a hope in hell playing that game style and executing skills at sub-par levels. 

Call it for what it is, that was a dog's breakfast. 


A truly dire performance from start to finish. Our coach is clueless, our list is threadbare and our players are lacking in skills, game sense and heart.

We've won 5 of our last 17 games and look every bit a bottom 3 side. 

Lessons incoming…

I can excuse almost everything. All teams can have an off day. But we 100% yielded to a bottom 4 team.

We are not defined by one match, but today we were pea hearts and I don’t know what we can say about that at the beginning of the season. Round 2. After all the pow wows and culture and what not. All talk. 

I just bought a membership for my little one. So good. 

L

O

L


5 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Goody said we might experience some ‘teething’ problems early in the season. 
Reckon we might be looking for our dentures.

We have a bad case of trench mouth

10 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

I will kick us off.

What a surprise our forward line is a problem AGAIN. 

YOU DONT HAVE TO BE EINSTEIN TO SEE THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM AGAIN THIS SEASON. 

For the love of god get Tom Hawkins down there even on a part time basis as a forwards coach to help our forwards learn wtf to do. His commentary was good to listen to. 

Gawn needs help, flogging him in every game is going to kill him. 

WAKE UP MELBOURNE AND FFS WAKE UP GOODY. 

0 - 2 to start the season 🤮 and we just got beat by Norf!!!!

Pressure is mounting. 

BTW Chandler was excellent today.

Don’t think it was just the forward line today, yep they were poor but the bombing into F50 where they had the extra number was dumb, Gawn and the midfield overall got absolutely pantsed

 

Losing happens. You can’t win every game in a competitive competition.

However, we have lost the same way for 3 years… we have no forward half structure or connection, there is zero cohesion it really is a rabble. 

I could take us losing if we lost trying to play a different style but it’s literally been the same [censored] for 3 straight years.. it’s really the square block in a round hole kind of approach and that solely falls onto the footy department and coaching staff, led by Goodwin. He simply cannot front another media conference and spin his [censored]. We have had enough learnings, we are simply just too far behind the 8 ball in game plan. We have wasted the prime of the careers of some very very good players, lucky we fluked a flag I guess along the way. A flag might I add that no one could go to.

 

That was arguably our single worst performance since Paul Roos' last game as coach.

The scary thing is that I don't even think North were that good. We were just absolutely atrocious on every front. We constantly fumbled, turned it over and failed to stick simple tackles. Our inability to hit a target in the f50 was comical.

I really don't know what year we are in for. All the confidence I gained after the GWS game is gone.


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • CASEY: Geelong

    There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • REPORT: Geelong

    I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

    • 0 replies
    Demonland
  • PREGAME: Essendon

    Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

      • Clap
      • Like
    • 184 replies
    Demonland
  • NON-MFC: Round 04

    Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit. Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

    • 273 replies
    Demonland
  • PODCAST: Geelong

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 7th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

    • 40 replies
    Demonland
  • VOTES: Geelong

    Captain Max Gawn leads the Demonland Player of the Year in his quest to take out his 3rd trophy. He leads Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver who are in equal 2nd place followed by Kade Chandler and Jake Bowey. You votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

      • Like
    • 30 replies
    Demonland